Apply online and changes of preferences
Applications for secondary school entry in September 2025 open at 9:00am on 1 September 2024. The closing date is at 11:59pm on 31 October 2024.
Applications received after the statutory closing date (31 October 2024) for secondary school transfers will only be considered after applications received on time have been processed. Late applications will be processed after 3 March 2025.
Late applicants are less likely to get a place at one of their preferred schools for their child as most schools in Birmingham fill to their published admissions numbers with on time applicants that met their admissions criteria.
Remember to list six different secondary schools.
If your child attends any of the following all through schools in Year 6, do not list the school as one of your six preferences. Your child will automatically move up from Year 6 to Year 7 in September 2025 and listing the school as a preference will waste one of your preferences.
- Ark Kings Academy
- Ark Victoria Academy
- Bournville School
- King Solomon International Business School
- Washwood Heath Academy
- Waverley School
Important: Ensure you include details of any siblings attending your preferred school(s) in the field (box) provided for sibling details. Sibling details included in the wrong field (box), such as reasons for preference will not be counted and may prevent you from gaining a place at your preferred school. If you fill in the online application incorrectly, you are liable for not completing the form correctly, not School Admissions and Fair Access Service.
List six secondary schools in order of preference.
Important: Make sure you have read the admission arrangements fully for the schools you are interested in and know how likely it is that your child will be offered a place there. It is important that you include at least one realistic preference for a school that your child would have met the criteria for in previous years.
If you have included preferences for any schools that require you to complete a supplementary information form or includes social and medical needs in the criteria and require you to send evidence, you must send the supplementary information form and/or any required supporting medical evidence directly to the school. Failure to do this may mean that your child’s application is assessed by the school under a lower criterion, and they may not be offered a place.
Do not use this form if your child has an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP). For children with an EHCP, visit the SENAR Local Offer website.
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Apply online from 1 September 2024
Important information about changing your preferences
You can only have a maximum of six live preferences at any one time. If you wish to change your preferences, we strongly recommend that you carefully consider what your new set of preferences should to be, in other words, which preferences you would like to keep (which must be included again in the new set of preferences submitted) and which preferences you would like to remove.
You will receive an email confirmation that you have submitted your application form. Check your SPAM or Junk folder. It is important that you check your confirmation email to make sure everything is correct.
If you amend your preferences, you must re-submit your application form otherwise your application will not be processed.
We will take your final submission as the application to process. You can amend your preferences up to 31 October 2024.
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Page last updated: 4 October 2024
